The 12th Annual Winter Beer Festival will take place this Friday, December 2nd and Saturday, December 3, at Hangar 30 at Magnuson Park in the Sand Point neighborhood of Seattle. This Washington Brewers Guild holiday tasting event will feature 50 local breweries bringing three or more unique beers each and that means more wonderful winter creations by Washington craft brewers than have ever been under one roof! This year’s lineup will include dark malty stouts, robust winter warmers, barrel-aged gems and many more palate pleasing offerings. Here are the participating breweries and their beer list for this year's celebration:

2016 Winter Beer FestivalBeer List

Anacortes Brewery - Anacortes

1) Highway to Helles

A tribute to the spur of the North Cascades Highway that runs through Anacortes. "Helles" is German for something light, bright or blonde. Our Helles Lager is brewed in the traditional style, light bodied and delicately hopped with German noble varieties. 4.8% ABV / 18 IBU

2) Klosterbier

Smooth, dark lager originally brewed at the Anacortes Brewery under the guidance of the visiting brew master of The Kalt Loch Brewery in Bavaria. Inspired by a dark lager brewed for the Engelberg Monastery. Delicately hopped with Perle hops, this beer has become a local favorite. 5.3% ABV / 35 IBU

3) Noel Winter Ale

Brewed to celebrate the holiday season, this winter warmer uses various aromatic specialty malts and has a prominent hop character from mild American Noble varieties. 7% ABV / 45 IBU

As the days get darker and the rains move in, it’s time for a beer best drunk with friends in the comfort of a warm pub. Wing Point Winter Ale is our version of a Northwest Winter Warmer, full-bodied with a malt complexity showing caramel, toffee, dried fruit and chocolate, with a hint of hopiness to remind you of the swaying fir trees outside. 7% ABV / 40 IBU

2) Bainbridge Chocolate Baltic Porter

This Northwest version of a big Baltic-style porter is dark, malty, and chocolaty, with hints of raisin and plum. We use our hybrid Kolsch ale strain and ferment it cool to add a clean smoothness. Then we finish it on lots of cacao nibs for a big chocolaty finish. 9% ABV / 30 IBU

3) Barrel-Aged Old Toe Jam Barleywine

Located on the south end of our hilly isle, there are many theories as to how Toe Jam Hill got its name. Unsurprisingly, many of these stories involve a bit of alcohol. Old Toe Jam Barleywine has been barrel-aged for over two years resulting in intense malt, caramel, and chocolate notes and enough hops to back it up, plus warming alcohol in the background and a hint of blackberry honey. 9.9% ABV / 80 IBU

4) Windfall Grapefruit IPA

In the winter of 2015 our little island was struck by a furious windstorm, which knocked out our chiller while a tank of IPA was freshly fermenting. We couldn’t release it as the original beer, but it tasted great. So we hit the beer with Pink Grapefruit and figured we’d save the batch by releasing it as a special one-off in our taproom. But some escaped. Then a lot of people started asking for it. Now it’s our best selling beer. Life’s weird like that. 6% ABV / 60 IBU

Bale Breaker Brewing - Yakima

1) Bottomcutter Imperial IPA

Double dry-hopped with homegrown Yakima hops, Bottomcutter IIPA may be light in color but is packed with citrus and pine hop character. This Imperial IPA is brewed to finish dry, perfect for the combination of Citra®, Simcoe®, and Equinox™ hops. As the bottomcutter is a tractor that leads the topcutter through the fields during harvest, this beer will lead to a new appreciation for our valley's hops. 8.2% ABV / 100 IBU

2) High Camp Imperial Rye IPA

Named for the ski lodge atop our local White Pass Ski Resort, High Camp takes Bale Breaker's signature hop-forward style to a darker side with the addition of rye and chocolate malts. Dry-hopped with Centennial and Mosaic™, this Imperial Rye IPA bursts with pine and grapefruit aroma. 7.3% ABV / 80 IBU

3) Dormancy Breakfast Stout

Who says Bale Breaker only does hoppy? Boasting notes of freshly-brewed espresso and rich chocolate, Dormancy Breakfast Stout was conditioned on locally-roasted coffee beans from Yakima's Lincoln Avenue Coffee Co. As winter settles in to the Pacific Northwest and the hop fields surrounding our brewery lay dormant, this beer was crafted to remind us that good things can still happen in the off-season for hops. 7% ABV / 55 IBU

Beardslee Public House - Bothell

1) Timber Demon Triple IPA

A beast of an Imperial IPA with lingering bitterness and abundant hop aroma that takes your pallet over the edge of hop sensibility. Triple IPA’s are a more recent trend with American craft brewers pushing the envelope to satisfy the “hop heads” with an intense product. Our Triple IPA features Columbus, Centennial, Cascade and Simcoe hops. 8.9% ABV / 84 IBU

2) Timburrrrr Winter Ale

This year we decided to pursue an imperial brown ale style for our winter warmer. Using several different amber malts, along with Madagascar vanilla beans, we were striving for a creamy, caramely, desert in a glass. Contains lactose milk sugar. 7.9% ABV / 24 IBU

3) Monka Coffee Ale

A pale and creamy easy drinking cup of coffee is what you’ll find with this beer. Featuring organic beans from Victor’s Celtic Coffee in Redmond WA, we cold brewed and infused the coffee into a very pale pilsner malt blonde ale. Contains lactose milk sugar. 5.3% ABV / 20 IBU

Big Al Brewing - Seattle

1) Winter Warmer

A dark Strong Ale with deep toffee and milk chocolate malt flavors, firm bitterness and a kick that will put the Happy in your holidays.

2) Nut Warmer

Peanut Butter Dark Ale.

3) Time Capsule- May 2014

Barrel Aged Sour Ale.

Black Raven Brewing - Redmond

1) Festivus Holiday Ale

The Festivus is our annual holiday beer. Brewed in the holiday spirit with cranberries, various citrus peel fruit and a brewer's secret blend of spices. 7.3% ABV

2) Grandfather Raven Imperial Stout

This seasonal release is full flavored with rich dark caramel, unsweetened chocolate, and hints of coffee aromas and flavors. 9.5% ABV

Grains: Pale, Munich, Flaked Barley, Black Patent, Roasted Barley, Chocolate; Hops: Columbus, Willamette. A big, bold beer with lots of roasted malts and just the right hop balance. A pleasure for your tongue. It's been said that writing about music is like dancing about architecture. This beer is the music. 8.9% ABV / 65 IBU

A large percentage of black malt gives this distinctive ale its dark brown/black color and slightly roasted flavor. The Magnum hops provide bitterness and late additions of Mt. Hood hops lend good flavor and aroma in the finish. 5.2% ABV / 45 IBU

Yuzu is made with 100% pale malt, Turbinado sugar and Belgian Golden ale yeast. Bittered with Magnum and finished with StyrianGoldings hops. Lemon peel is added at the end of the boil, and yuzu juice is added both pre- and post-fermentation. 4.5% ABV

Dark ruby in color, this is a medium-bodied, malty ale that pairs well with the cold weather. Floral and slightly spicy aromas are complemented by caramel, burnt sugar, toffee, and dark fruit flavors. Extended barrel aging deepens the dark fruit notes, and adds vanilla and bourbon flavors to the mix. 9.9% ABV

2) Gusto Crema

Building on Gusto Crema blend, a medium roasted bean from our friends at Caffé Umbria, we made a smooth, rich cream ale. This beer has roasted flavor, aroma, and color from cold brew coffee. Smooth, rich mouthfeel comes from oats and Munich malt. 4.9% ABV

Ghostfish Brewing - Seattle

1) Peak Buster Double IPA

Unmistakably ambitious, this bold and challenging beer is bursting with intriguing tropical fruit and evergreen aromas from the Centennial, Equinox and Azacca hops. It’s deceptively drinkable for its high IBU’s and ABV. 9.5% ABV / 130 IBU

2) Chocolate Mint Stout

Brewed with a large portion of roasted buckwheat and chocolate millet malt, this beer has a sweet and decadent flavor. An addition of peppermint gives it a wintry kick that’s perfect for the holiday season. 6.5% ABV / 30 IBU

The very same Barrel Aged Imperial Nut Brown Ale but spiced with vanilla and coconut.

Hellbent Brewing - Seattle

1) Winter Ale

2) Mossback Monk Belgian Style Tripel

This effervescent brew has notes of stone fruits and spice, with a sweet, candy-like finish. Its golden hue is even more lustrous because it’s unfiltered. Brewed with traditional Belgian yeast, pale malt and some sugar. 9.5% ABV / 19 IBU

Winter ale inspired by one of our favorite holiday foods: gingerbread! It features a little bit of ginger, nutmeg, and cinnamon in the aroma and initial flavor–followed by a nice dry, roasty, chocolaty finish. 5.9% ABV

Icicle Brewing - Leavenworth

1) Dark Persuasion German Chocolate Cake Ale

Delicate dark chocolate with a whisper of coconut. You can finally have German Chocolate Cake and drink it too. Full of flavor and desire. 6.5% ABV / 22 IBU

2) Crosscut Pilsner

Pilsner-Style Lager. This beer is complex in its subtleties. From a clean malty profile to a moderate Noble-hop flavor and aroma, Combines local ingredients and inspiration. 5% ABV / 28 IBU

With a Brown Ale base, this brew is loaded full of Toasted, Dark and Caramel Malts to provide a very rich mahogany color and big, bold toffee and caramel flavors with just a hint of hazelnut. Full-bodied taste. 7.8% ABV / 40 IBU

A strong, sipping beer with heavy notes of dark caramel and toffee. Balanced, with a long-lasting finish. 9.3% ABV

2) Cheer

Our holiday ale is red and tastes of winter spices. It is deserving of all the "cheers" you will make with friends and family this season. 5.5% ABV

3) ...Before the Dawn

Made without coffee or chocolate, this big, rich and complex beer that you can still have several of. The kind to be enjoyed in the wee hours, when it's always darkest, but gets you thinking about what's ahead.

7.7% ABV

Orlison Brewing - Seattle

1) Snowplough Imperial Chocolate Stout

Fermented with Dominican cocoa nibs, and brewed with a healthy dose of chocolate malt. 8.5% ABV

2) Clementine Belgian Lite

A lighter-style Belgian beer brewed with pale malts and noble hops--lagered at lower temperatures than is typical for Belgian ales. Marzipan, and subtle clove and banana flavors. 4.4% ABV

This year’s recipe includes the addition of flaked oats a healthy dose of Munich malt providing a great mouthfeel and backbone that also support the addition of lots of Simcoe, Centennial and Chinook hops. 6% ABV / 50 BU

2) Dark Spiral – Oaked Spiral Aged Stout

Chocolate and caramel notes are balanced with oak and vanilla that finishes with a touch of roast malt. 8.4% ABV / 50 BU

3) Hop and Joe IPA– Coffee IPA

This single hop IPA is hopped with Idaho#7 hops and conditioned with whole single origin coffee .The stonefruit character of the Idaho#7 melds perfectly with black cherry notes of a unique single origin coffee. 6.1% ABV / 45 BU

Rooftop Brewing - Seattle

1) Rooftop 2016 Holiday Ale

Brewed with Ginger, Honey and Cinnamon, our spiced Holiday Ale is full of flavors of the season - but at 6% ABV, you don't have to drink just 1! 6% ABV

Intriguing notes of apple, cherry and apricot abound from the long boil time, cool fermentation and extended aging of this dark, malty ale. Celebrate this year’s release & save some for next, as this beer matures wonderfully when cellared. 8.5% ABV

2) Wonderland Winter Lager

Frightful weather is no match for Wonderland. A blend of five different malts lend a deep rich color & mild roast character refined by five weeks of lagering at near freezing temperature. 7% ABV

3) Nutcracker Belgian Spiced Brown Ale

A festive beer, Nutcracker rings in the Holiday Season with a medley of dark roasted malt, fruit and spice. Some hints of fruit (plum, cherry, peach) come from a wonderful and distinctive Belgian yeast strain. Additionally, ginger, orange and tangerine peel was added to spice things up. We hope you will toast the Holidays with this seasonal creation from those “nutty” brewers at Silver City. 9% ABV

We wanted this beer to literally burst with aroma, so we added a LOT of Galaxy, Mosaic, and Equinox hops late in the whirlpool for ultimate hop burst results. Dry hopping with Galaxy pushes this beer to its aromatic limits ... passion fruit, citrus & a bit of pine in the aroma followed by a clean bitterness in the finish.

7.1% ABV / 70 IBU

2) Cashed Out Black IPA

Like the Man in Black himself, this IPA is cloaked in darkness, but full of hidden creative surprises. Citrus, pine and tropical fruit aromas are supported by a bitterness that's bracing, but well balanced by the malt profile. We "Cash"ed this IPA out for your full sensory pleasure. 7.3% ABV / 58 IBU

We journey back to 18th Century Russia with this big, bold, roasty stout. Brewed with copious amounts of English crystal malt and roasted barley, hopped to a scorching 90 IBUs and then conditioned long enough to round out the edges. 9.2% ABV / 90 IBU

Two Beers Brewing - Seattle

1) Tipsy Toboggan

Dark and toasty, this warming winter ale offers notes of chocolate, date, plum, and orange with a dash of hops. The deep dark color and full flavored finish pair perfectly with winter nights, outdoor adventures, and holiday celebrations. 6.8% ABV

2) Overhang Imperial Porter

Ushering in the cooler days of autumn, Overhang is aged in bourbon barrels for six months with cocoa, cinnamon and a touch of cloves. The result is a roasted caramel and molasses nose with a rich brown head. 12% ABV

3) Oaked Maple Cider

Fermented with toasted oak chips, this semi-sweet cider is back-sweetened with pure Vermont maple syrup. Offering notes of vanilla and oak with a hint of maple, this unique cider is the perfect accompaniment to chilly winter weather. 6.9% ABV

Wet Coast Brewing - Gig Harbor

1) Holiday Jeer! Winter Specialty Ale

Gingerbread in a pint glass; Holiday Jeer! throws caution to the wind. This ale is loaded with molasses and fresh grated ginger to create a beer brimming with notes of dark sugar and spice! 7% ABV / 15 IBU

California Common; A style that is far less common than it's name implies, our version of this classic pre-prohibition lager calls on Chinook hops to impart a pleasant bitterness and spicy/slightly-fruity punch of aroma and flavor. A Caramel Malt driven grain bill adds to the experience, making this one harmonious beer! 5.7% ABV / 40 IBU

ADMISSIONAdvance tickets available now at washingtonbrewersguild.org$30 advance/$35 at the door. This event has sold out the last three years so buy now!

Admission includes a tasting glass and eight 5oz beer tastes.Additional tokens are available for $2 each or three tokens for $5.Designated driver admission is $5 and available at the door only.This is a 21+ only event.